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JOHN A. LIEBERT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-MACHINE CABINETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 18 1, l 60, datedNovember 7, 1876; application filed February 4, 1876.

To all whom 'Lt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. LIEBERT, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cabinets, whichimprovement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawing, in which-- Figure 1 is a frontelevation, partly in section, of my improvement, the cabinet beingthrown open, as shown in Fig. 4, and the sewing-machine and its'framewheeled around to the front, where it is to be operated. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section in the line as m of Fig. 1, the table for writingbeing brought down to a horizontal position. Fig. 3 is a verticalcross-section of the cabinetwhen compact together and closed up. Fig. 4.is a vertical cross-section of the cabinet when the parts are in thepositions shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to cabinets which combine a writing-desk andclosets in the same piece of furniture; and it consists in a cabinetcontaining and combining a writing desk or table, recesses andpigeonholes for books and papers, closets for storage of bulkierarticles, and a sewing-machine and its cabinet, the whole being soconstructed and arranged that when shut up it presents the appearance ofan ordinary letter-cabinet. The sewing-machine is inclosed in itscabinet proper, which is rolled into a receptacle in the lower part ofthe structure; and in order to allow the top to pass in and out, I makethe writing-table removable, and provide a place for it in the upperpart of the cabinet. To enable one to remove the writingtable withfacility, I make the hinges which connect it to the body of the cabinetso that they form sliding connections with plates attached to thecabinet, into and out of which they can he slid without trouble.

The letter A designates the general frame of the cabinet, and B B areits lower doors, which inclose the end closets O C, only one of which isfully seen in the drawings, the other one being concealed behind thesewing-machine in Fig. 1. .The letter D designates a letter-cabinet withits pigeon-holes and shelves, above which is a horizontal recess, E,into the front part of which the upper edge of the swingingwriting-table F is fitted when the cabinet is closed, as shown in Fig.3, and into which recess the table is slid when it is desired to bringout the sewing-machine. The table Fis hinged at its lower edge to thebody of the cabinet, as seen at Gr'G, Fig. 2, and it turns on its hingesin the usual manner of such tables when lowered for use, and is held upto the position shown in Fig. 3 by the weighted cords H H, which passfrom the ends of the table up over the floor of the recess E, and thencedown through holes I I, made through its floor and the floor of theletter-cabinet,

the weights being suspended in the lower closets G G.

Those leaves, a a, of the hinges G G which are attached to the body ofthe cabinet are so made and arranged that they can be slipped out oftheir attachments, as follows: Said leaves a a are of tapering form, andtheir edges are beveled outward, and they are fitted to slide betweenconverging plates b 1), whose edges are beveled inward, and which arescrewed to the floor of the letter-cabinet. The leaves ca are alsoslotted at d d, from their ends inward, and between the plates 01 d areplaced headed pins 0 6, under whose heads the edges of the leaves comewhen the leaves are pushed inward to the positions shown in Fig. 2. Whenit is desired to bring the table into the recess E it is drawn outward,so as to release its leaves art from the plates 11 b, which movement ispermitted by the weighted cords, and it is then shoved up into the.recess. The letter J designates a cabinet or frame of a sewing-machine,which i is made and arranged so as tofit into the central portion of thelower part of the frame A. The cabinet or frame J includes, for thepurposes of this description of my invention, the cover K, whichincloses the sewing mechanism, and for which I provide room in thestructure by cutting away the floor of the letter-cabinet, as seen at f,so as to permit it to occupy the place g, between the. pigeonholes ofthat cabinet. The table proper h of the sewing-machine forms acontinuation (when the sewing-machine frame or cabinet is within thecombined cabinet) of the horizontal part 'iOf the frame A, the part ibeing cutaway, as atjj, to the back of the frame A, to allow thesewing-machine to be pushed in sufficiently to conceal the machinewithin the doors B B.

The sewingmachine or its frame may be mounted on caster-rollers L, andits hinder right-hand corner is provided, both at top and bottom, withan arm, M, on whose end is a pin, which pins project downward and up-'on the pins to a position at right angles to the front of the frame A,as shown in the drawing, Figs. 1 and 4, in which position it is intendedthat it shall be operated, although it can be operated, if desired, bydrawing it only partly out of its position, as shown in Fig. 3.

My object in providing for its entire withdrawal and separation from theinterior of the frame A is to prevent the noise andresonance which wouldnaturally be produced if the machine were worked while wholly or partlyinclosed within the frame A, as noiselessness in machines of thischaracter is very desirable.

The frame or cabinet of the sewing-machine as here shown is made withsolid sides and bottom but I do not confine myself to that or anyparticular kind of frame, an open frame beingjust as suitable for myinvention as any other.

When the sewing-machine is within the frame A, and the hinges of thewriting-table F are connected with the plates b, as shown in Fig. 2, thesewing-machine is locked in its place by the writing-table, and isprotected by its inclosed position.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in the frame A, of the letter-cabinet I), thesewing-machine frame or cabinet J, and the swinging table, adapted toserve as a writing-table or inclosing cover for the cabinet D,substantially as herein set forth.

2. The swinging table F, provided with the detachable hinges G, by meansof which it can be secured in position as a writing-table, substantiallyas herein set forth.

3. The sliding beveled hinge-leaves a, a, provided with slots (1, incombination with the headed pins 6, substantially as set forth.

4. The letter-cabinet provided with therecess E, to receive the detachedwriting-table F, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 31st day of January, 1876.

JOHN A. LIEBERT.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

